Death ofDeborah Palfrey

A woman convicted of running a high-end prostitution ring in Washington, D.C., committed suicide in a Florida Gulf Coast town on Thursday, police said.

The body of 52-year-old Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found hanged in a shed near her mother's manufactured home, police in Tarpon Springs said. Palfrey left a suicide note but police did not disclose its contents. Police said Palfrey's mother found the body.

A federal jury convicted Palfrey two weeks ago of running a prostitution...